A B777 captain reported that; on three occasions; relief pilots had hung hand held microphones from ...

Attributes
ACN	1083211
Time
Date	201304
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Microphone
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 24000 Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

This is the third time this has happened. All 3 times I got back into the seat an hour before landing and put my earpiece in and don't see the hand mic hanging on the worktable light so when doing the 90 degree turn into the gate the tiller jammed on top of the mic causing me to put the brakes on; stop; release tiller pressure and remove the mic. What's interesting is that I briefed the crew this scenario 50 hours before. Most pilots hang the hand mic on the window latch or the map light so it's in my field of view and I replace it back to proper hook which no one uses because it's out of the way. I made a mistake in not checking and I just realized that if the relief pilot in the right seat leaves the mic on that worktable light it will probably jam on a right tiller turn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B777 Captain reported that; on three occasions; relief pilots had hung hand held microphones from the worktable light where they impinged on the nose wheel steering tiller while maneuvering into the gate after landing.

Narrative: This is the third time this has happened. All 3 times I got back into the seat an hour before landing and put my earpiece in and don't see the hand mic hanging on the worktable light so when doing the 90 degree turn into the gate the tiller jammed on top of the mic causing me to put the brakes on; stop; release tiller pressure and remove the mic. What's interesting is that I briefed the crew this scenario 50 hours before. Most pilots hang the hand mic on the window latch or the MAP light so it's in my field of view and I replace it back to proper hook which no one uses because it's out of the way. I made a mistake in not checking and I just realized that if the Relief Pilot in the right seat leaves the mic on that WORKTABLE light it will probably jam on a right tiller turn.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A B777 captain reported that; on three occasions; relief pilots had hung hand held microphones from the worktable light where they impinged on the nose wheel steering tiller while maneuvering into the gate after landing.